2017-12-12

The 2017 IMSA Elite Mind Games rapid are held in China, Huayane. The IMSA President - Madam Chen Zelan, was a special guest of the tournament.
In a rapd on Swiss system, in seven tours competed 12 men and 12 women.

In the men’s group after a tense battle Dmitrii Anderikin won the victory, defeating Mamedyarov and Wang Hao. In the final round, Anderikin and Mamedyarov both drew, but the former leader Chinese GM Wang Hao lost to Li Guanglian. Then Anderikin, Mamedyarov and Li Guanglian got the score of 4.5. So after a tie-break, Anderikin became the first. The Mamedyarov and Li Guanglian took second and third places. The chinese players Ding Liren and Wang Hao became fourth and fifth with 4 points. Korobov ranked sixth with 3.5. Tomorrow there will be eleven rounds for chess blitz games.

The winner among men is Dmitrii Anderykin.

Final ranking - men.

Rk.

Name

Rtg

FED

1.Rd

2.Rd

3.Rd

4.Rd

5.Rd

6.Rd

7.Rd

Pts.

TB1

TB2

TB3

1

GM

Andreikin Dmitry

2705

RUS

3w½

4b0

10w1

6b½

5w1

2w1

7b½

4,5

1,5

2864

2762

2

GM

Mamedyarov Shakhriyar

2814

AZE

9w1

5b½

3w1

4b1

10w½

1b0

6w½

4,5

1,0

2864

2762

3

GM

Le Quang Liem

2750

VIE

1b½

6w1

2b0

8w½

11b1

10w½

5w1

4,5

0,5

2860

2758

4

GM

Ding Liren

2734

CHN

6b½

1w1

11b½

2w0

12b1

5b½

9w½

4,0

0,5

2797

2747

5

GM

Wang Hao

2770

CHN

7b1

2w½

8b1

11w1

1b0

4w½

3b0

4,0

0,5

2783

2733

6

GM

Korobov Anton

2765

UKR

4w½

3b0

9w1

1w½

7b0

12w1

2b½

3,5

0,0

2740

2740

7

GM

Harikrishna P.

2687

IND

5w0

9b½

12w½

10b0

6w1

8b½

1w½

3,0

0,0

2707

2757

8

GM

Yu Yangyi

2752

CHN

12w½

10b½

5w0

3b½

9b½

7w½

11b½

3,0

0,0

2693

2743

9

GM

Ivanchuk Vassily

2796

UKR

2b0

7w½

6b0

12b½

8w½

11w1

4b½

3,0

0,0

2683

2733

10

GM

Grischuk Alexander

2813

RUS

11b½

8w½

1b0

7w1

2b½

3b½

12w0

3,0

0,0

2677

2727

11

GM

Artemiev Vladislav

2687

RUS

10w½

12b1

4w½

5b0

3w0

9b0

8w½

2,5

1,0

2657

2759

12

GM

Mamedov Rauf

2695

AZE

8b½

11w0

7b½

9w½

4w0

6b0

10b1

2,5

0,0

2646

2748

Watch back at the Mind Games 2017 on ChessBomb.
Among Women Antoaneta Stefanova became first before the sisters Muzychuk and Katerina Lagno.
In the first round Stefanova lost from Anna Muzychuk, but in the last round, by winning over Kostinukshe, she won pionts and jumped to the first place again. The Muzychuk sisters drew with Ushenina and Dzagnidze in the last round. As a result, the five players, Stefanova, Anna Muzychuk, Maria Muzychuk, Lagno and Ushenina, all scored 4.5. So after tie-break, Stefanova took women’s rapid gold medal. Anna Muzychuk took the second place, followed by her sister Mariya. Lagno and Ushenina ranked the fourth and fifth and Harika was on the sixth place with 4 points.